mendaz
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin mendācem. Compare Spanish mendaz and Italian mendace
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: men‧daz
Adjective edit
mendaz m or f (plural mendazes)
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Spain) /menˈdaθ/ [mẽn̪ˈd̪aθ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /menˈdas/ [mẽn̪ˈd̪as]
- (Spain) Rhymes: -aθ
- (Latin America) Rhymes: -as
- Syllabification: men‧daz
Adjective edit
mendaz m or f (masculine and feminine plural mendaces)
- mendacious, lying
- 2015 October 14, “Tribuna”, in El País[1]:
- Aquel episodio, y las presiones a los magistrados —incluidas las ayudas del abogado de Pujol, Piqué Vidal, luego condenado por corrupto— impidieron durante décadas que los catalanes conocieran el carácter mendaz y gravemente corrupto del pujolismo.
- That episode, and the pressures on the magistrates—with the help of Pujol's lawyer, Piqué Vidal, later convicted for corruption—prevented the Catalans from knowing the mendacious and seriously corrupt nature of Pujolism for decades.
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “mendaz”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014